In a simulated life scenario, how do you defy fate and change your destiny every time?

Chapter 174 Fourth Lifetime: The Art of Gu Refining, Natal Spirit-Absorbing Gu!
"My dear Yuan'er, drink your medicine quickly."

With one arm around Lu Yuan and the other holding a porcelain bowl, Lu's mother carefully brought it to his lips, afraid of spilling even a drop.

Master Puxuan was a high-ranking monk of the Medicine Buddha Sect. His prescriptions were worth a thousand gold pieces and could not be bought with money!

But as Lu Yuan looked at the viscous liquid flowing in the bowl, he felt his stomach churning violently and almost vomited on the spot.

Because the medicine was visibly mixed with countless insects!
Those insects were tiny, countless times smaller than a proton, invisible to the naked eye of mortals, and even the divine sense of cultivators could not perceive their existence.

If Lu Yuan hadn't possessed the [True Eye of Truth], he probably would have drunk it without even realizing it!
"Is this the highly nutritious substance that the Venerable Monk Puxuan spoke of?"

Lu Yuan frowned slightly.

Mortals, whose spiritual roots are not yet developed, are unable to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

However, these insects seem to possess some kind of magical power, capable of transforming the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into the power of blood and qi, thereby enhancing and transforming the physique.

of course.

This medicine is not suitable for everyone.

Those with spiritual roots can be greatly enhanced by consuming the medicinal liquid, making their cultivation twice as effective with half the effort.

However, if ordinary people take it rashly, they will definitely suffer a backlash!

"Judging from the current situation, this insect does not have intelligence and is more like a consumable at the bottom of the food chain."

Lu Yuan stared at the medicinal soup, lost in thought.

As we learned from the previous simulation, there was once a special group of cultivators called Gu cultivators in ancient times.

The mastery of Gu cultivation, Gu use, and Gu refining has reached an unparalleled level.

However, for some unknown reason, these Gu cultivators suddenly vanished without a trace, as if all traces of their existence had been deliberately erased.

He spent ten years researching his own life, poring over countless ancient books and fragments, before finally gleaning a sliver of the truth from mere fragments.

Judging from the current situation...

I'm afraid the distortion of the Heavenly Dao and the emergence of parasites are definitely inextricably linked to these Gu cultivators!
[Your comprehension is extraordinary. Observing the Spirit-Gathering Insects, you were inspired and successfully comprehended the method of refining Gu!]

A notification sound rang out.

Lu Yuan suddenly had a flood of methods and key points about refining Gu.

This knowledge and information seemed to open a door to a new world for him, allowing him to come into contact with a completely new cultivation system!

"Humans are the most intelligent of all beings, and Gu (a type of poisonous insect) is the essence of heaven and earth. So this is the true method of cultivation in this world..."

Lu Yuan's eyes gleamed, and he felt as if a sudden enlightenment had been achieved, as if the clouds had parted and the fog had cleared from his heart!
The golden rope was broken, the jade lock was unlocked, and only today do I realize who I truly am!

When Lu Yuan looked at the bowl of medicine again, he had no more resistance and gulped it down in one go!
It's just a bowl of insects, isn't it?

Brothers, let's give it our all and drink it all in one gulp!
next second.

Based on the information in his mind, Lu Yuan immediately activated the Gu Refining Technique.

As soon as the insects entered the abdomen, before they could spread, they were instantly refined by the innate Qi and eventually condensed into a peculiar Gu worm!
The Gu worm was only the size of a needle and thread, and its entire body emitted a crystal-clear light, like a speck of light floating in Lu Yuan's dantian.

Followed by.

This Gu worm absorbs the impure spiritual energy from heaven and earth, transforming it into a wisp of extremely weak and thin energy, which it then feeds back to Lu Yuan.

"Sigh~"

"awesome!"

Lu Yuan felt as if he had just received rain after a long drought, so comfortable that almost every pore on his body was open.

Due to the distortion of the natural order, everything in this world has been corrupted by strange forces.

As a result, for the past two weeks, he has not dared to eat, drink, or even breathe deeply.

However, the energy transformed from this Gu worm has no side effects or complications, so Lu Yuan can absorb it with peace of mind!

"The method of refining Gu is indeed extraordinary."

Lu Yuan was overjoyed and drank three more large bowls of medicinal soup.

"Since this kind of Gu worm feeds on impure spiritual energy, let's call it the [Spirit-Gathering Gu]."

When he felt the pure energy within his body growing stronger, a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

"He ate! He ate! Master Puxuan's medical skills are truly superb; Yuan'er is finally eating!"

Mr. and Mrs. Lu wept with joy, unable to contain their happiness.

And in the next three days.

Master Puxuan provided free medical care to villagers in several nearby villages, and he never refused anyone who came seeking medical help.

For a while.

Master Puxuan was renowned and revered as a divine monk by countless villagers.

Moreover, while Lu's mother was holding Lu Yuan, she chatted and gossiped with other village women.

He also learned from the villagers that Master Puxuan was not only highly skilled in medicine, but also had unfathomable cultivation, making him a genuine Core Formation expert.

In particular, whenever Lu Yuan approached Master Pu Xuan, the [Spirit-Gathering Gu] in his dantian would tremble uncontrollably, conveying a strong sense of fear originating from the depths of his soul.

It seemed that in the eyes of the [Spirit-Gathering Gu], Master Pu Xuan was some extremely terrifying thing!

This made Lu Yuan extremely wary of him, and he dared not show any unusual behavior.

Fortunately, Master Puxuan was just passing by and would leave on his own in a few days.

three days later.

Lu's mother held Lu Yuan in her arms, and together with everyone in the village, they watched Master Puxuan leave.

As Master Puxuan walked away, many villagers were filled with respect and reluctance.

Seeing that he had walked hundreds of meters away and was about to disappear from everyone's sight, Lu Yuan quietly raised his eyes, used his True Eye of Truth to glance at the other's back out of the corner of his eye.

But just one glance was enough to set off alarm bells in his mind, and the hairs on his body stood on end, as if he had encountered some extremely terrifying danger!

On the surface

Master Puxuan had a kind and benevolent face, and a dignified appearance.

From Lu Yuan's perspective, the figure in front of him was clearly a monster with a bloated body covered in tumors and pustules!

Especially on its swollen abdomen, there was a cocoon the size of a fist!

Countless slender tentacles, covered in thick mucus, grow from the surface of the cocoon and spread throughout the body along the veins, continuously providing nutrients and energy to the cocoon.

"So these are the Core Formation cultivators of this world?"

Even with Lu Yuan's well-trained soul, there was a sense of pure confusion at this moment.

It turns out that the so-called cultivators were nothing more than parasitic puppets of insects.

Insects use the flesh and blood of living beings as their breeding ground, drawing energy and nutrients from the outside world with the help of others.

In return for their parasitism, they would bestow upon the cultivators immense power.

Once the parasite emerges from its cocoon, it ruthlessly abandons these puppets and vessels, gaining a new life in an alternative way.

However, judging from the experiences in life's script...

Master Puxuan and many other cultivators were clearly aware of this abnormal symbiotic relationship long ago.

However, instead of trying to break free from the control of the parasitic race, they are aiding and abetting the evildoers, luring more mortals onto this twisted path of cultivation.

"What exactly happened in this world, and why has it become so distorted?" Many questions arose in Lu Yuan's mind.

Although he didn't know the source of all these anomalies, he was certain that the reason this world had fallen to this state must be related to those Gu cultivators!
"Gu is the essence of heaven and earth, and also the carrier of laws and Dao traces."

"Some powerful Gu worms can even grant people all sorts of incredible abilities, but if these Gu worms get out of control, the consequences will be unimaginable."

Lu Yuan muttered to himself, his mood becoming somewhat heavy.

However, the life and death of the Gu worms are entirely in the hands of the Gu cultivator. If it were just a case of the Gu worms going out of control, it would be unlikely to cause such serious consequences.

Or perhaps this is not a natural disaster, but rather a man-made one?
Thinking of this, Lu Yuan felt a chill run down his spine!
It was at this time.

The voice of the will of the heavens also sounded.

[Defying Fate: You've mastered the art of Gu refining and embarked on the ancient path of Gu cultivation!]

[Simulated rating upgraded to C!]

Main storyline completion: 10%!

You have earned 1000 million simulation points!

"The simulation evaluation has improved again?"

Lu Yuan was not surprised by this.

All beginnings are hard.

Although living in a parasitic cultivation world is a life-or-death experience with a hellish start.

However, if one can grow smoothly, one can also gain unimaginable benefits and advantages.

Moreover, now that he has mastered the art of refining Gu, he no longer needs to worry about being corrupted by impure spiritual energy. He can become a Gu cultivator simply by following the steps of cultivation!
Years are like a shuttle.

In the blink of an eye, Lu Yuan turned one year old.

During that year, he would drink the medicinal soup every three days.

The medicinal soup was teeming with insects?
nonexistent.

That's clearly a highly nutritious protein!

With a continuous supply of energy, the Soul-Gathering Gu grew from the size of a pinhead to the size of an infant's fist, increasing its efficiency in converting impure spiritual energy by more than a hundred times!
someday.

Lu Yuan's body shuddered, and his bones crackled like popping beans.

Within his meridians, the previously barely perceptible spiritual energy had finally grown to the thickness of a single strand of hair.

This also means that he has successfully entered the Qi Refining stage!

Once he entered the Qi Refining stage, Lu Yuan felt his hearing and vision sharpen, and his sensitivity to spiritual energy increased dramatically.

The spiritual energy of this world, like a shark that has smelled blood, instantly went berserk, then gathered into a tide of spiritual energy that surged wildly toward him.

The spiritual energy flow was so intense that it formed a spiritual energy storm around Lu Yuan.

Lu Yuan stood at the very center of the storm, like the most dazzling star in the world.

As he watched the spiritual energy of heaven and earth rushing towards him like moths to a flame, he suddenly realized that he seemed to have awakened something extraordinary...

"Has my spiritual root awakened?"

After carefully sensing the energy, Lu Yuan indeed found that he had become exceptionally adept at absorbing and utilizing lightning-type spiritual energy.

In the simulated experience.

He possessed a rare and exceptional lightning spiritual root, a rarity even in a century. This caused a sensation within the Zhengyao Buddhist Sect, even alarming the sect leader, Huiming, who personally emerged from seclusion to take him as his personal disciple.

However, based on Lu Yuan's observations and speculations over the past year...

Those who are considered extraordinary by nature and possess spiritual roots in this world are merely vessels more suitable for being parasitized by the insect race.

The Zerg can also be further divided into many types based on their attributes.

For example, the fire-type insectoid race is adept at manipulating flames and can unleash a variety of powerful fire-type spells.

As for those cultivators with fire-type spiritual roots, they are the most suitable carriers for being parasitized by fire-type insectoids.

Under normal circumstances.

The more spiritual roots a cultivator has, and the higher their grade, the more powerful the insectoid race can parasitize them. In that case, the cultivator's potential is greater, and it will be easier for them to break through to a higher realm in the future.

But there are exceptions to everything.

For example, some extremely rare mutated spiritual roots have potential that is far beyond what ordinary five-element spiritual roots can match.

However, mutated spiritual roots are extremely rare; perhaps only one in a thousand cultivators will produce one.

Once it appears, it will be snatched up by multiple forces!
Lu Yuan possesses a top-grade mutated lightning spiritual root; such talent and potential are rare to find even in the entire Medicine Buddha Sect.

However, in this parasitic world of cultivation, the higher one's talent, the faster one dies.

This is because Lu Yuan mastered the art of refining Gu; otherwise, he would have been silently transformed by the filthy spiritual energy of this world into a vessel suitable for the insect race to parasitize.

Next, Lu Yuan spent a year cultivating the Qi Refining stage to the perfect level, but he also encountered a bottleneck.

Within his dantian, a ball of light the size of an adult's fist was quietly suspended in mid-air.

The ball of light continuously absorbed a large amount of impure spiritual energy from its surroundings, and then transformed it into pure energy to feed back to Lu Yuan.

The spiritual energy in Lu Yuan's meridians, which was originally only the size of a hair, has now grown to the thickness of a little finger.

Moreover, this stream of spiritual energy was incredibly solid, far surpassing other Qi Refining stage cultivators in both quantity and quality!
However, as Lu Yuan's cultivation reached a bottleneck, no matter how hard the Soul-Gathering Gu worked, it could not make the stream of spiritual energy grow any stronger.

"If measured according to the Gu cultivation system, the Soul-Gathering Gu is only a first-stage Gu worm."

"It has reached its limit. I need to comprehend more cultivation techniques in order to further deduce the second stage of Gu refining method."

Lu Yuan muttered to himself.

The god-level talent of "Unparalleled Comprehension" allows Lu Yuan to be in a state of enlightenment at all times, but it cannot create something from nothing or deduce techniques beyond his own knowledge.

If he wants to further develop more advanced techniques and secret arts, he needs to have something to refer to or learn from.

“Niujia Village is just an ordinary village with no cultivation manuals. If I want to obtain more cultivation techniques, the only way for now is through the Medicine Buddha Sect.”

Lu Yuan quickly made up his mind.

The Medicine Buddha Sect is the most powerful cultivation sect within a thousand miles, with not only numerous experts but also several Nascent Soul cultivators in charge.

The secret manuals and techniques collected in its library are vast and countless.

Although in Lu Yuan's view, this so-called Medicine Buddha Sect was actually an insectoid nest.

But how can you catch tiger cubs without entering the tiger's den?

If I can successfully join the Medicine Buddha Sect, and with my extraordinary comprehension, my cultivation speed will be incredibly fast, and I will definitely grow up quickly!
He'll be refining gu in a Zerg lair; just thinking about it is thrilling...

Thinking about this.

Lu Yuan no longer concealed his strength, but deliberately revealed a trace of his aura.

When the other villagers learned that he was only two years old and had already developed a sense of Qi, they were immediately amazed.

The village chief immediately informed Master Puxuan of the news.

a few days later.

Just like the information revealed in the script of life.

Master Puxuan was overjoyed and immediately ordered several cultivation methods to be sent over. He also solemnly told Lu Yuan that as long as he could enter the Qi Refining stage before the age of eighteen, he would personally take him as his disciple!
(End of this chapter)